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| 1. subst. (slang) A piece of heavy machinery, such as a backhoe, of the Caterpillar brand. | |
| 2. subst. An animal of the family Felidae: | |
| 3. subst. A domesticated subspecies (Felis silvestris catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet. | |
| 4. subst. Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, bobcats, etc. | |
| 5. subst. A person: | |
| 6. subst. (offensive) A spiteful or angry woman. | |
| 7. subst. An enthusiast or player of jazz. | |
| 8. subst. (slang) A person (usually male). | |
| 9. subst. (slang) A prostitute. | |
| 10. subst. (nautical) A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship. | |
| 11. subst. (chiefly nautical) Short form of cat-o'-nine-tails. | |
| 12. subst. (archaic) A sturdy merchant sailing vessel (now only in "catboat"). | |
| 13. subst. (archaic) The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog"). | |
| 14. subst. The trap of the game of "trap and ball". | |
| 15. subst. (archaic) The pointed piece of wood that is struck in the game of tipcat. | |
| 16. subst. (slang) A vagina, a vulva; the female external genitalia. | |
| 17. subst. A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.) with six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position it is placed. | |
| 18. subst. (historical) A wheeled shelter, used in the Middle Ages as a siege weapon to allow assailants to approach enemy defences. | |
| 19. v. (nautical, transitive) To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead. | |
| 20. v. (nautical, transitive) To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails. | |
| 21. v. (slang) To vomit something. | |
| 22. subst. A catamaran. | |
| 23. subst. (computing) A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the standard output. | |
| 24. v. (computing, transitive) To apply the cat command to (one or more files). | |
| 25. v. (computing, slang) To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target) usually with no intention of browsing it carefully. | |
| 26. adj. (Ireland, informal) Terrible, disastrous. | |
| The weather was cat, so they returned home early. | |
| 27. subst. (slang) A street name of the drug methcathinone. | |
| 28. subst. (military, naval) A catapult. | |
| a carrier's bow cats | |
| 29. subst. abbreviation of category | |
| 30. subst. A catfish. | |
| 31. subst. (slang) Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.) | |
| 32. subst. A caterpillar drive vehicle (a ground vehicle which uses caterpillar tracks), especially tractors, trucks, minibuses, and snow groomers. | |
